WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:10.279 Sports Talk seven. 3 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:12.400 Nine day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell 4 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:13.599 we think when we are. 5 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:15.960 Get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:17.519 The kids are playing a trail off. 7 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:19.160 The countries are screwing it up. 8 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.480 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:25.600 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:27.359 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:30.160 Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 12 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:31.120 Now? 13 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:35.359 Here's nick coffee? 14 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:44.320 All right, let's get it started. Welcome in, Happy, Happy 15 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:50.000 hump Day. Still having a tough time realizing what day 16 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:51.560 it is. If I give it a little thought, I 17 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:53.320 think I can. I can figure out what da it is. 18 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.240 Today's Wednesday. But with the holidays and with the snow stuff, 19 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:57.799 it just hasn't. We haven't had a normal week in 20 00:00:57.799 --> 00:00:58.200 a while. 21 00:00:58.439 --> 00:00:59.119 But that's okay. 22 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:01.600 That's okay, And I'm not really sure if we're gonna 23 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.599 have a normal week for a while because it's still snowing. 24 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:07.599 I walked in today, still snowing outside here in downtown Louisville, 25 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:09.920 and it's kind of been snowing all day. 26 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.000 I mean, I was out running errands earlier. 27 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:16.920 Today, took the kids to daycare, took my daughter to 28 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.480 sitter because she doesn't have school, and I don't remember 29 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:22.200 hearing we were gonna get snow. It doesn't look like 30 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:25.439 it's really causing any big issues. I'm not seeing any accumulation, 31 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:27.640 nothing sticking to the roads, at least where I'm at. 32 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:30.439 But it's been snowing all day, and we've got more 33 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:31.560 snow coming on Friday. 34 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:32.120 I don't know. 35 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:35.640 People are scared of it, but I'm somebody that's kind 36 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:37.840 of cool with snow, right Like, I don't mind if 37 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:39.640 we're gonna get cold weather. I don't mind snow at all. 38 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.719 But if we end up having the winter weather that 39 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:44.840 they are, I guess expecting this to be one of 40 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:47.040 the worst winters we've had in a while, that may 41 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:50.599 get old, that may get a little little frustrating. I mean, 42 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:52.359 I was already stir crazy enough. I could have stayed 43 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:54.560 home and done the show today, but I wanted to 44 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:55.760 be in. I wanted to get out. I wanted to, 45 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.719 you know, see people, see faces like the one and 46 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:02.239 only Austa Montgomery, who's with me here today. So let's 47 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:04.439 let's just dive right in. As you know, we're gonna 48 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:06.120 take you up till six o'clock. We'll have some fun. 49 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:10.599 But once again, we have to continue to discuss this this, 50 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:13.599 I mean this Louisville basketball team. 51 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.159 I was thinking all day, like, if I just go. 52 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:19.520 In and just start going off the cuff here and 53 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.599 expressing how I feel as a fan, expressing, you know, 54 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:26.840 just from a basketball standpoint, what's really impressed me with 55 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.919 this team. It'll probably be a little much. I'll probably 56 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.120 be getting ahead of myself, but I kind of can't 57 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:35.639 help it. I last night, once again, another phenomenal night 58 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.520 at the Center, a night that felt like what it 59 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:42.439 used to feel like. Right in fact, it kind of 60 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:45.479 feels better. I don't think anybody likes that Louisville has 61 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:47.520 been in the situation they've been in in recent years 62 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:50.080 and even this year. Right like, they're having a good season, 63 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:52.319 and clearly they seem to get better every time we 64 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.240 see them in the last couple of weeks. But you know, 65 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.120 this is a big bounce back year already because of 66 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:01.479 what's happened in recent years. So again I keep realizing 67 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:06.800 that what happened the few years where things were just 68 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:09.240 in a place should never thought they'd ever be when 69 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.039 it comes to Louisville basketball. I can't even say there's 70 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.680 like a you know, there's a positive to that, or 71 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:19.280 there's even a silver lining. But it happened, and now 72 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:22.639 things like last night feel even better than they've ever 73 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:25.960 they ever have, at least for me. So another impressive 74 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:29.199 win for Louisville. And I can't get over how well 75 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:31.599 they're playing right now. They're they're still not shooting the 76 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:35.960 three ball well last night twenty nine percent from three 77 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:39.479 to eight of twenty seven. I think Louisville's three leading 78 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:44.960 scorers really quiet. You didn't get a whole lot from Chucky. Hepburn, 79 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:48.960 he finished with I mean he played well, but overall 80 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:50.840 he was what was he. 81 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:53.520 I mean six? Why does it not show me? 82 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:53.879 Yeah? 83 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.719 He had nine points. Was oh one of six from three? 84 00:03:56.759 --> 00:04:00.800 I mean overall, Chucky was one of ten from the 85 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:02.879 field and made six of his a free throws. It 86 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.199 was good in other areas, but Chuck, he didn't have 87 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:07.199 a good game when it comes to just you know, production, 88 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:10.560 when it comes to I guess just points. Overall, he's 89 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:12.319 one of your leading scorers. He had a quiet night. 90 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:15.639 Same thing for rain Smith. Just three points for Rain 91 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.120 who'd been on fire as of late. Terrence Edwards only 92 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.120 had five points, but it didn't matter because you had 93 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:22.480 other guys step up, and nobody stepped up more so 94 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:26.720 than Javon Hadley. What a game thirty two points to 95 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.720 go along with ten boards, four assists. I mean, he 96 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:34.279 was phenomenal. I mean, it's I was gonna say it 97 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:36.319 sounds crazy, but it's true. I don't think it sounds crazy. 98 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.920 If you watched last night, it was one of the 99 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.399 better performances from an individual player at Louisville in a 100 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:47.279 long long time. I'm not sure how I mean, I'm 101 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:50.399 not sure if there was anybody that's had thirty plus 102 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:52.079 points in a long time. I know the last guy 103 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:54.040 to just go off and score a ton of points 104 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:57.839 was probably Jordan Warra and that was five years ago, 105 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:59.839 which is crazy to think. Didn't that crazy to say 106 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:02.600 out loud Austin that it's been five years since war played. 107 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:03.839 So long since he was there. 108 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:06.079 I feel like it's been a few years. You feel 109 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:07.639 like it's been longer than five years. 110 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:10.600 It's I mean one was it twenty nineteen. 111 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:11.959 Twenty twenty, so it's the COVID year. 112 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.680 Okay, So and that's that's that whole Yeah, that whole 113 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:19.079 window of time there. It really just it Sometimes it 114 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:21.519 feels like it was the other day. Sometimes it feels 115 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:22.480 like it was ten years ago. 116 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.040 So, well, Chucky had that big game in the Bahamas, 117 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:25.560 that's true. 118 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.279 Yeah, it wasn't thirty right, Actually, no, you're right. He 119 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:29.279 had the steals. 120 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:31.279 That that what's made it because I know we had 121 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:34.160 like maybe twenty seven, twenty points and like seven. 122 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:36.120 Oh, you're right, you're right. He was in he was 123 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:36.680 in the thirties. 124 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:40.680 Oh so we did get the thirties. Okay, So I 125 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:41.920 mean that just goes a show. 126 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.759 Now I'm curious to see what it was. Was it 127 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.040 against West Virginia? Yes, yeah, in that game, Chucky had 128 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:51.720 let's see you get thirty exactly thirty two. I'm sorry, 129 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:53.399 look at that. So thirty two for Chucky. So I 130 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:57.920 guess technically we've got let's see what. Let's see Javon's numbers. 131 00:05:58.040 --> 00:05:59.000 He finished with. 132 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.040 Thirty two. So thirty and thirty two. Yeah. 133 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:05.639 I mean, here I am thinking it's been forever. It's 134 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:08.240 been a you know, maybe a month, because Chucky went 135 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:10.120 off against West Virginia and it's not like I forgot 136 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.560 about that. But Javon is not somebody that you would 137 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.000 have ever expected to score. I mean he had a 138 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:19.120 career high like at twenty, I think something like that. 139 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:22.000 So just I can't stop raving about this team. I 140 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:23.959 know that's probably not gonna make for great radio, So 141 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:25.519 I'm going to try not to do it for three 142 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:27.439 In fact, I won't do it for three straight hours. 143 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.319 But you know, a lot of what I was saying 144 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:32.680 when it comes to the takeaways and just you know 145 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:37.560 what stood out from the win against North Carolina, I 146 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.399 was saying the same thing after they did it against Virginia, 147 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:43.680 and I'm saying it once again because it's the same 148 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.519 type of stuff. It's, you know, defensively is where they 149 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.519 really really have stepped up. I mean they were They've 150 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:54.040 just been possessed defensively. I mean everybody out there there 151 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:57.279 is such an attention to detail they're I mean, they're 152 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:00.439 just so engaged from start to finish, Which that's one 153 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.480 of those things you kind of just expect because you 154 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:04.839 know that's what you're supposed to do. 155 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.240 But I don't feel like. 156 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:10.800 Earlier this year, when this team wasn't playing well and 157 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.319 maybe it looked as if this team wasn't going to 158 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:14.759 be able to even be in the position that they're 159 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.120 in now even and then, you know, I don't feel 160 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:19.800 like they were lazy. I don't feel like they were loafing. 161 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.319 But now they're just playing with energy. That is it 162 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:27.959 stands out in a major way. And I try to 163 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:32.480 remind myself that the ACC is not, you know, meeting 164 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:37.439 the wins against Carolina, Virginia and last night Clemson. You know, 165 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:40.040 I guess those wins aren't necessarily going to be as 166 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:43.879 impressive to outsiders just because they don't value the ACC. 167 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.759 But Louisville can't control that. In Clemson, I don't know 168 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:49.480 how good they actually are, but they beat Kentucky, which 169 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:51.839 last Dot check, they're still a pretty good team. I 170 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:55.319 know they lost last night kind of got not blown out, 171 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:57.839 but really, you know, they never really, I don't think 172 00:07:57.879 --> 00:07:59.199 it ever felt like they were going to win the game, 173 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:01.639 at least from you know, midway through the first half on. 174 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:07.120 So again, I'm starting and the reason I'm spending my 175 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.800 wheels here is because I'm kind of starting to think, like, 176 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.000 all right, maybe they're gonna get like a really. 177 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:13.480 Good seed, Like maybe we. 178 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.399 Should start thinking about this team not just making the tournament, 179 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.040 maybe making a run, which I don't think anybody would 180 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.439 be against, sort of embracing that and having that as a, 181 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:26.480 you know, something to look forward to, knowing that it's 182 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.319 not guaranteed, but hey, it could happen, because I think 183 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.079 we're kind of there, but I don't know. Like the 184 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.320 acc makes it so hard to know what the ceiling 185 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.679 is for this team when it comes to the seed line, 186 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.600 because last night their win against Clemson, I mean they've 187 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:42.960 played a team that on paper is I mean like 188 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:47.440 after this, you only have three more chances to get 189 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.559 wins that would you know, probably do a whole lot 190 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:53.120 for you when it comes to value. On selection Sunday, 191 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:55.679 the Lowell's now up to thirty seven in the Ken 192 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.679 Palm with their victory last night. Clemson still is Clemson 193 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:01.639 right now now is let's see where they ended up 194 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.440 after last night. They're sitting at thirty four, so you 195 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.879 know that's still a win with value. Now you've got 196 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:07.759 to go play Pitt who got blown out at Duke 197 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:12.200 last night. As we mentioned, SMU's solid at least as 198 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.519 of right now, they're there. That's a game you've got 199 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.919 later on this month and then you play pitt again 200 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.159 when they I think, you know, yeah, you played pitt 201 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:23.080 towards the end of the season at home. But you know, 202 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:26.720 it's kind of awesome to say, okay, after this Pit game, 203 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.759 not to say you're gonna win out, but really that 204 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.919 road game at Pit it's the last game you can 205 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:33.759 look at on paper and say, wow, that's going to 206 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:36.960 be just extremely tough because one, this team's really really good, 207 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.120 or because you're you know, you're on the road and look, I. 208 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:40.600 Know they could loose anybody. We know that. 209 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.519 As I mentioned, the the utp Eku game kind of 210 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:45.360 reminded you that if you don't play well, you could 211 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.720 slip up and lose to t teams that aren't very good. 212 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:52.000 But getting through Carolina, Clemson, Pittsburgh, maybe you could throw 213 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:53.679 Virginia on the road if you want. Although it didn't 214 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:54.879 look like they're going to be very good at all 215 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.679 this year, Like you've kind of and you've already got 216 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.039 Duke out of the way. You didn't beat them, but 217 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.759 that one's gone, that that game's already you know, happened. 218 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:04.200 So after Saturday, like if they're able to win, which 219 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:06.919 right now, the kin palm Formula projects a seventy eight 220 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.399 to seventy three loss for Louisville, so a five point loss. 221 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.159 But if they're able to win, like nobody should say, 222 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.399 well they that means that they've shown that they're good 223 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.639 enough to beat anybody left on the schedule. Therefore they 224 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:19.879 should win out Like, I don't think we need to 225 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:21.399 get I don't think anybody's going to get to that point. 226 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:22.879 They're going to slip up lose to somebody. It's just 227 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.399 going to happen. That's basketball. But I mean after Saturday, 228 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.080 if they win there, I mean, I don't think it's 229 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.960 crazy to look at not only this team as a 230 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:36.440 team safely in the tournament. But again, maybe you start 231 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:41.279 talking about getting a decent seed and they're doing all 232 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:46.519 this beating teams by double digits, beating good teams by 233 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:49.759 double digits, right, I mean making big comebacks. I'm not 234 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.799 making me comebacks. But you know, withstanding some runs from 235 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:55.480 other teams. That's what I meant to say, because last 236 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.120 night Virginia made a little bit of a run and 237 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:59.200 then Louisville quickly made one of their own and ended 238 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:02.480 the game. Think against Carolina when you had them in 239 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:05.879 town last week, Virginia. You just blew them off the floor. 240 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.080 So they're doing all this and again things that you 241 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:10.799 felt like we're gonna be really really important for this 242 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.279 team to be good enough to make the tournament, to 243 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.960 beat good teams. Those things aren't really working out right now, 244 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.720 but it doesn't matter because they're playing so well. Everywhere 245 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:23.960 else there clearly seems to be identified roles with this group. 246 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:27.639 They're playing eight guys consistent minutes now because you've got 247 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:29.679 Trail Ray back and he's clearly provided a whole lot 248 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.440 of energy. I mean, I just don't I still don't 249 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.039 know what the ceiling is, and I'm not sure we're 250 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:36.120 ever really gonna know because of just how the ACC 251 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:40.200 is this this year. But man, I'm starting to think 252 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.320 not just hey, can they make the tournament. I'm starting 253 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:44.399 to think, like, no, I know they can make the tournament. 254 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:47.360 Let's see what kind of seed they can put together and. 255 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:48.320 Maybe make a run. 256 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:52.879 And maybe that's me getting way ahead of myself, but 257 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:55.200 it's nice to at least be able to do that 258 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:58.519 and not be a certified lunatic. Had we done that 259 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.000 last year, you know at this time you would have 260 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.320 been you would have you probably would have needed to 261 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.600 be checked in, to be evaluated mentally, because you know, 262 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:08.320 that wasn't real life. I thin guess at this point 263 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:10.000 last year we were early. I mean, it was quite 264 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:11.799 clear Louislle was not going to be a tournament team. 265 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.639 So look, it's fun. I'm enjoying the ride, and I 266 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:16.440 could tell a lot of Louisville fans are as well. 267 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:17.720 The crowd that was there last night. 268 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:19.120 In fact, I think it was a bigger crowd than 269 00:12:19.159 --> 00:12:21.240 what they had against Carolina as far as what was announced. 270 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:24.639 So energy was great and it was it was awesome. 271 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:26.559 I mean, what a night for Louisville. They win and 272 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:30.120 their rival loses. Kentucky false eighty two to sixty nine 273 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:34.159 on the road at Georgia. And again I try my 274 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.559 best to kind of get a feel for how Kentucky 275 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.519 fans view their team, and you know, because I think 276 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.679 that's important to I mean, again, I'm gonna tell you 277 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:44.440 what I think, but obviously, you know, Kentucky fans probably 278 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:46.120 don't often think the way I do or share the 279 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.320 same opinions that I have. But I think this Kentucky 280 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.399 team has shown multiple times this year that when they 281 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:56.720 get into a style, a pace that they like, and 282 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:00.440 they are knocking down three point shots. They can play 283 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:03.720 with anybody like. They're national championship contender when that happens. Right, 284 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:06.559 the team they beat on Saturday, Florida, what did they 285 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:09.559 do last night? They hosted Tennessee, the number one team 286 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.960 in the country, who hadn't taken a loss until last night, 287 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.960 and they beat them by thirty. So Kentucky's still really good. 288 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:18.600 I think they know that, and they also know that 289 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:21.080 they're vulnerable if things don't go their way right, if 290 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:24.519 the game is a little bit slower, if it's really physical, 291 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:27.679 then they may, you know, they may be in trouble. 292 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:29.720 They may be really vulnerable to lose. And that's what 293 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:33.080 happened last night. I did go back and watch a 294 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.320 good chunk of that game. I did the what do 295 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:38.480 you call it, the the condensed Yeah, the condensed version. 296 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.759 I kind of skimmed through that. And you know, clearly, when. 297 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:45.360 You got Kobe Brea shooting his rear end off one 298 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:47.960 night and then the next night it's just not his night, 299 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:49.960 that's going to change some things for you. He was 300 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:53.000 two of nine last night, and look, they shot six 301 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.000 of twenty five from three when Kentucky is shooting six 302 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:58.240 of twenty five from three, and the game is played 303 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:02.480 slow and the opponent is really using physicality to gain 304 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:05.600 an edge. That's a recipe for Kentucky to lose a 305 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:08.679 lot of games in the SEC one because that's a 306 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:11.480 bad matchup for them, meaning that that's not where they 307 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.320 When the game's played like that, they're they're not at 308 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:16.559 their best, and night at a night out in the 309 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.600 SEC this year, they're going to play some really good 310 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:22.200 teams because that league is loaded, so great night for 311 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.879 Louisville fans. Kentucky fans not so much. But I think 312 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:26.960 they kind of know, hey, look, this is just a 313 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:29.480 different world than what we used to have with Caliperry, 314 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:34.039 meaning he could put endless amount of NBA talent out there, 315 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:37.320 and you know, you're going to take your lumps, but 316 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.480 in the end, if you're playing at your best, you're 317 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:43.559 probably going to have better dudes than nearly everybody you play. 318 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.360 That's so not what this Kentucky team is. They clearly 319 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:49.519 have guys that you know, are veterans that have played 320 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:51.159 a lot of college basketball that will not play in 321 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:54.759 the NBA, and you know that just it's just a 322 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:56.919 different world, and I think they. I think Kentucky fans 323 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:00.679 like this team better than previous t teams just because 324 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.960 of everything you know with Pope and and you know, 325 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.960 just different. But if I was a Kentucky fan, what 326 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.600 would worry me? 327 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:06.759 Not? 328 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:09.559 I wouldn't be worried. Oh we stink, we're lousy? Are 329 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:11.440 we gonna make the tournament? And I don't think their 330 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.240 fans are thinking that. But I just think you have 331 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.039 to look at the rest of your schedule and realize, yikes. 332 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:19.120 I mean, if you if you're gonna lose by double 333 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.480 ditch just to Georgia at their place and really never 334 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:25.480 never feel like you're gonna win because they just got 335 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:27.600 off to a good start and seemingly never looked back. 336 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.960 What are you gonna do when you go on the 337 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:32.879 road to play Mississippi State, who's a better version of 338 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.879 Georgia and even more physical. They really like to slow 339 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:37.960 it down and beat you up. Then you got A 340 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:40.039 and M. Now that's in home. But they're a good team. 341 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:42.480 You got Alabama at home. They're a top ten team. 342 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:42.960 You can beat. 343 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.559 They can look they can beat these teams clearly because 344 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.080 they've beat Duke, they knocked off Florida. They beat Gonzaga. 345 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:51.799 I mean they've they've shown they can win. But I 346 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:54.159 just think it's quite obvious there's gonna be teams that know, hey, no, 347 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:55.360 we don't want to do that. We don't want to 348 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:58.720 get into a game that's got endless and countless possessions. 349 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:00.639 We want to slow it down in and get physical 350 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.879 with them because that's where they're vulnerable. And oh, by 351 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:05.759 the way, that's what we like to do. That's where 352 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:07.879 we are in our comfort zone. That's where we have 353 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:10.480 our highest ceiling. So, you know, not to be so 354 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:13.840 generic here and I should say general, but like, it 355 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:15.159 really is just gonna be about matchups. 356 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:15.279 Right. 357 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:17.879 Florida is a team that when they're at their best, 358 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:20.600 they're playing the same exact way Kentucky wants to play. 359 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:22.720 Just turned out that Kentucky was better at it on 360 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.200 that night in Lexington. So you know, I think teams 361 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:30.360 like Mississippi State, Texas A, and M not great matchups. 362 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:32.519 Kentucky could win. But like those teams, I think if 363 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:34.360 they're able to get the game played the way they 364 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:36.120 want to play it, it's going to be it's gonna 365 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.960 be a tougher game for Kentucky, they're gonna be vulnerable 366 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:39.960 to lose to those teams for a couple of reasons. 367 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.519 One style, but also those teams are good. But then 368 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:45.399 they've got Alabama at home, and I think it's another 369 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.679 scenario where it kind of just turns out. It kind 370 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:49.320 of just ends up being who's got the better night. 371 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.840 Maybe the home crowd really gives you an edge because 372 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:54.600 Alabama wants to do the exact same thing that that 373 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:58.720 Kentucky wants to do. And maybe maybe on that day, Saturday, 374 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:01.879 January eighteenth, maybe Kentucky you'll do it better, maybe Alabama 375 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:03.480 will do it better. But then you get to teams 376 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.000 like Tennessee Tennessee, and I don't I don't know enough 377 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:08.960 about Vandy, but Tennessee's a team that they're they're not 378 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.200 gonna want to play the same way Kentucky wants to play. 379 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.839 They're going to slow it down like Rick Barnes did 380 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:17.960 when when when he played Louisville. So last night kind 381 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.799 of felt like the first big night where there's so 382 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:23.519 many conference matchups going on in the Power Leagues, and uh, 383 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.119 obviously if you're a Louisville fan, it worked out worked 384 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:28.119 out good for you. All right, we got a lot 385 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:32.480 of things we need to get into today. NFL playoffs 386 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:34.880 will be here soon, in fact, just a few days away, 387 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:40.319 and I've got I'm starting to get not worried. But 388 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:44.200 like if Lamar Jackson and the Ravens somehow lose, which 389 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:47.319 they easily could, like they're favored for good reason, they're 390 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:50.960 playing a team with very little momentum. But like, I'm 391 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:54.039 just not ready for the noise about Lamar Jackson not 392 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:57.000 being as good of a quarterback as your eyeballs tell 393 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.759 you because they lose to the Steelers in the playoffs, 394 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:01.640 Like that doesn't really make any sense. Like he could 395 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.200 play phenomenal, maybe have the best game of his career statistically, 396 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.079 but if they lose, that will be the conversation. Yeah, Lamar, 397 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.319 he's a good regular season quarterback, but he stinks in 398 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.960 the playoffs. 399 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:11.440 Like that's just what people are going to say. 400 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:13.839 Also, he hasn't been too great against Pittsburgh in his 401 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:16.599